The National Republican Senatorial Committee was particularly spiteful with both their outside consultants and inside communications team, led by Brad Dayspring, attacking anyone and any group that strayed from Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS). They assailed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who at the time was even a co-chair of the NRSC...
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2015/09/08/the-chris-mcdaniel-legacy-haunts-the-republican-party/
It is time that we bite back hard. Politically speaking of course.